Editing Big Day Out (section)

===Death of Jessica Michalik===
[[File:Limp Bizkit tribute during Soundwave 2012 in Melbourne.jpg|thumb|[[Limp Bizkit]]'s tribute to [[Jessica Michalik]] during the 2012 Soundwave festival]]
During the 2001 Big Day Out festival in Sydney, [[Jessica Michalik]] was crushed in a [[moshing|mosh]] pit during a performance by the band [[Limp Bizkit]].  The crush reportedly occurred as the band began playing "[[My Generation (Limp Bizkit song)|My Generation]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Hughes |first=Mark |date=April 2001 |title=Seen Live From Around the Globe This Month: Big Day Out Special |magazine=[[Metal Hammer]] |location=UK |publisher=[[Future plc]] |issue=86 |page=98 |issn=0955-1190}}</ref> The band were then cut short by medical personnel and security staff as they attempted to play {{Nowrap|"[[Re-Arranged]]"}}, after which the band took a 15-minute break before resuming their performance.<ref name=":0" /> Michalik was revived and rushed to [[Concord Repatriation General Hospital|Concord Hospital]], but died of a heart attack five days later.<ref name="silence">{{cite web |author=NME |date=5 February 2001 |title=Durst Breaks Silence |url=https://www.nme.com/news/nme/6328 |access-date=6 September 2012 |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media}}</ref>

According to a review of the band's performance by ''[[Metal Hammer]]'', Limp Bizkit's frontman, [[Fred Durst]], encouraged the crowd "to settle down" twice during the performance.<ref name=":0" /> Durst also claimed the band had attempted to take precautions that fell on deaf ears, "We begged, we screamed, we sent letters, we tried to take precautions, because we are Limp Bizkit, we know we cause this big emotional blister of a crowd". The following day, Limp Bizkit had left Australia without telling the organisers, who only discovered the band's departure through a note left at the hotel.<ref name="silence"/>

Senior deputy state coroner Jacqueline Milledge issued a statement saying responsibility was on the Big Day Out's promoters Creative Entertainment Australia, saying there was overwhelming evidence that crowd density was dangerous when Limp Bizkit went on stage. Limp Bizkit was also criticised in the report, Milledge saying that Durst could have taken the situation more seriously, with his comments on stage during the attempt to rescue Michalik "alarming and inflammatory".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/festivals/12980|title=Limp Bizkit Slammed Over Big Day Out Death|work=NME|access-date=18 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222012246/https://www.nme.com/news/festivals/12980|archive-date=22 February 2008}}</ref>

Michalik's parents filed separate wrongful death claims naming promoters and security personnel, and in one claim, Limp Bizkit. A New South Wales court dismissed the band and all parties connected with the band from the claim, finding they were not liable.<ref name="abc">{{cite web|title=Insurer sues Limp Bizkit over Big Day Out death|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-08-13/insurer-sues-limp-bizkit-over-big-day-out-death/2080342|work=ABC News|publisher=ABC|access-date=6 September 2012|agency=Reuters|date=13 August 2005}}</ref>

In 2005, United National Insurance sued Limp Bizkit in an attempt to avoid paying legal fees arising from Michalik's death. The company claimed in the lawsuit, which was filed on 11 August 2005, that Durst had incited the audience at the festival to rush the stage.<ref name="abc"/>